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3D Face Cameras
newsblaze writes "Now there is a fast, inexpensive device for simultaneous acquisition of accurate three-dimensional and two-dimensional human faces. It will allow law enforcement and security agencies to capture both types of mug shots in seconds as a single snapshot and provides incredible accuracy in correctly mapping the individual being booked in 3D."
Mr. Duron adds, "At BlueBear Network, we are dedicated to helping law enforcement keep our neighborhoods safe by providing the best biometric identification and information sharing technology available in a way that is easily deployed, totally integrated to existing systems and affordable for all police services from small detachments to large metropolitan police forces."
"At RedBear Network, we are dedicated to helping law enforcement keep degrading personal privacy by providing the best and most intrusive biometric identification and database sharing technology available in a way that every government sector can integrate personal data tracking features into existing personal information database creation systems which is affordable for all taxpayers both in rural and metropolitan areas who are getting fucked by this under the guise of added benefit."
Thanks for continuing to support companies with free advertising on Slashdot by giving them exposure for stealing our rights to privacy.
Remember, just because you were arrested and your mugshot was taken does not mean that you should be kept in a 3D database linked to every other anti-terrorist database out there, especially if your *alleged* offense occurred with the boundaries of the USA where you used to be innocent until proven guilty.
From a down-market PR firm. Do you have any idea of the difference between news and paid publicity?
99.999% of cop shops won't be able to afford it or be able to deploy it.
Its a solution (maybe) that's looking for a problem. They're hoping somebody out there is stuck looking a crap load of picures and trying to match a face.
The situation is more complex. To pick a face out of a crowd, you need to scan the crowd and match every face out there against a database full of faces.
The had part is in being able to pick out the faces, not filling the database.
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Some point out that this has potential for abuse, probably related to the fact it's being marketed to police. Well, so does just about every piece of modern technology. It's pretty obvious, though, that while things like master databases and 3D mugshots can be abused by a police state, you also need these improvements to stop increasingly sophisticated criminals.
You can't stop technology, because people won't stop craving progress. The only way to prevent these tools from making a Better Police State, is by having a culture that won't tolerate a police state to begin with. That means watching the government, but it also means that individuals have personal ethical standards that keep them from making the little decisions that contribute to misuse of technology. You can be both safe and free, but you can't be safe, free, and ignorant.
Nice stab, but I think that picture has to come from a stock photography library, probably named diversity-03.jpeg.
And the guy on the cell phone probably isn't a real salesman. Come to think of it, what the heck does he have to do with that page at all? And what's with the trend towards webpages filled with random shots of models?
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